An experimental test of well-described vegetation patterns across slope aspects using woodland herb transplants and manipulated abiotic drivers

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1038-1049

  Warren II, Robert J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic stages; Hepatica nobilis; Hexastylis arifolia; Plant ecology; Regeneration niche; Slope aspect; Species' distribution; Woodland herb

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; HERB; MICROCLIMATE; REGENERATION; SLOPE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; RANUNCULACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; RANUNCULACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED STATES;

HEPATICA NOBILIS; HEXASTYLIS ARIFOLIA;

EID: 77949338237     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03147.x     Document Type: Article

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